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Netherlands geometry
Problem
A triangle has the property that . Let be the point on line segment satisfying . Let and be points on the interior of line segments and , respectively, such that , and is tangent to the incircle of . Let be the intersection of and . Determine the ratio .
Solution
Denote the radius of the incircle of by . Then the area of triangle is On the other hand, the area of equals , where is the altitude from . Hence, . Because the distance from to is exactly , the distance from to is also . Triangles and are similar, because , and the altitudes from have lengths and , respectively, giving a multiplication factor of exactly 2. Hence, is the midpoint , and is the midpoint of . For the point , we have , hence , hence is the midpoint of . Now consider triangle . In this triangle, the segment is a median, because is the midpoint of . Also is a median as is the midpoint . Their intersection point is the centroid, from which we get that .
Final answer
2/3
Techniques
Triangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleTangentsDistance chasingAngle chasing